I love it when a plan comes together

Back on June 21 I located the culprit behind our high electric bills. The old dehumidifier was consuming 2/3 of the electricity coming into the house. I replaced it.

I just got an electric bill covering the first full month since I replaced the dehumidifier. For the first time since I've been monitoring this, our electric bill is lower than the average similar household. Usually it has been about 50% higher. The bill has dropped by about the amount I predicted after the first few days of measuring the new dehumidifier's power consumption, averaging 8 or 9 kwh lower per day.

I expect the new dehumidifier to pay for itself in under a year.

This power metering gadget is a nice tool!